Quotes About Willpower

A well-governed appetite is a great part of liberty

Do we not find freedom along the guiding lines of discipline?

Only in the crucible of self-mastery can freedom be smelted

It's in the private places of the heart that freedom is made or unmade by the discipline we create there.

If we are not even free anymore to decide something as basic as what we wish to eat or drink, how much freedom do we really have left?

Free will is the ability to do gladly that which I must do.

Besides, a life without freedom to choose is not worth having.

Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.

Homo-voluntatis cannot explain why some things that can be done should not be done.

The history of free men is never written by chance but by choice - their choice.

I had fought for my independence and fought for my freedom to do as I chose.

You're dumb, but don't give in.

The second day of a diet is always easier than the first. By the second day you're off it.

I exercise strong self control. I never drink anything stronger than gin before breakfast.

If they took all the drugs, nicotine, alcohol and caffeine off the market for six days, they'd have to bring out the tanks to control you.

It's not about right or wrong...its the point of being strong enough to make a decision.

It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.

A choice isn't something someone gives you, it's something you make for yourself.

If you are determined to succeed you will, if you are determined to fail you will, it is only through determination that we began to see our true selves.

Our bodies are our gardens to which our wills are gardeners.

A man who governs his passions is master of the world. We must either command them, or be enslaved by them. It is better to be a hammer than an anvil.

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me: I am a free human being with an independent will.

No man is such a conqueror as the man who has defeated himself.

The adversity gives opportunity to discover inner strength. Inner strength is derived from self belief and indomitable will.